Phinda Game Reserve
Phinda reaches the pinnacle of excellence when it comes to guiding. The &Beyond company have always considered this a priority (also under its previous name CCAfrica) and I can’t fault it. Good guiding is so often lacking, so it’s such a pleasure to get guides that not only know their stuff (anyone can regurgitate facts)...
Green Season in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley
“There is no game in the green season…….!” This is a phrase used about Zambia’s Luangwa Game Reserves in the green season, but “It’s simply is not true!” says Christina Carr of Norman Carr Safaris. The Green Season covers the months from January to March, when the summer rains turn everything green, the bush it at...
Malawi 2013 Safari Awards runner up “Best Africa Tourist Board”
I think it’s time to re-visit Malawi! I’ve written about the dream destination Mumbo Island in the middle of Lake Malawi, but haven’t been anywhere else in Malawi. This feels like a good year to go. Why? Because Malawi has just been crowned runner-up in The 2013 Safari Awards’ “Best Africa Tourist Board” category –...
Governor’s Camp host BBC Film Crew
BBC’s Planet Earth Live film crew have set up at Governors Camp in the Masai Mara – one of the first and most loved safari lodges I visited in the mid 1990s. The BBC’s latest wildlife documentary Planet Earth Live will be broadcast live during the month of May 2012 and the team staying at...
Kaingo Camp, South Luangwa, Zambia
I have been invited to Shenton Safaris camps in the wild South Luangwa Valley of Zambia and these pics make me want to pack my bag right now! This is real wild Africa, much more earthy and spontaneous than a safari in South Africa with lots of animal thrills to be expected from the numerous...
Sibuya Game Lodge, nr Port Elizabeth
This privately owned reserve up the Kariega River from Kenton-on-Sea in the Eastern Cape is the Garden of Eden. It has all the components of nature that make you want to weep at its beauty, marvel at the perfect animal specimens all fat and glossy coats, and sink into the sophoric rhythm of the river, in/on which...
Art Safari; Namibia & Botswana
If I had the merest hint of artistic talent I would go on the next Art Safari in Namibia in April 2011, closely followed by Botswana in May. Don’t you just love these two pictures of artworks done by students on an Art Safari tour? I would love to be able to do a simple squiggle...
Bumbusi Camp, Hwange, Zimbabwe
Hwange is Zimbabwe’s largest National Park. It is wonderfully wild with no shortage of elephant. I once had a very close encounter with a charging elephant at a waterhole in Hwange; a mock charge but what did I know, I was new to Africa and didn’t have a clue what to do. Luckily, I was...
Tshukudu Game Lodge – sad loss
Death of Tshukudu Game Lodge Founder and Son I am very sorry to announce that the founder of Tshukudu Game Lodge in Limpopo, Ala Sussens and her son Ian Sussens were killed in a car accident on 6 April 2010. Ala was a safari doyenne, one who cared deeply for animals and was known...
Veterinary Safari – Immobilizing Lions
Brothers Safaris offers African safaris with a difference. Dr Peter Brothers is an African wildlife Vet and Registered Tourist Guide, who allows you the rare opportunity to enter his world. His next safari immobilizes lions to monitor and treat them in the Amakhala Game Reserve, near Port Elizabeth. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime hands-on experience...
Tuningi Safari Lodge
Look who joined the afternoon picnic at Tuningi Safari lodge! These curious young lions came to investigate as guests from Tuningi Safari Lodge enjoyed their sundowner game drive drinks & snacks in the Madikwe Game Reserve.